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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29

Sweden has become a great exporter of
butter. The amount sent abroad last
year was valued at more than 81, 600, ,000.
The Swedish dairies are now worked
upon the most improved systems. Only
skilled hands are employed in receiving
the milk, separating and refining the
cream, and churning the butter. The
work is performed with the greatest care
and cleanliness. The dairymaids receive
q practical and theoretical training at
dairy schools.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29

Tyler is the only President whose wife
died while he was in Office, but that was
his first wife. He was a widower not
quite two years; and counting him there
have been six widower Presidents, the
Others being Jefferson, Jackson, Van
Buren, Fillmore and Arthur, these five
remaining unmarried while in the White
House, and but one bachelor President,
Buchanan, who was single throughout
his term, Cleveland being the only other
who began term as a bachelor. Fill
more married his second wife after his
term as President expired. He and
Tyler are the only two of our Presidents
who have had two wives.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.

THE flames have destroyed the Havemeyer
sugar refinery at Greenpoint, opposite New
York. Adjoining property was also burned.
Total estimated loss, 100000.
IT has been decided in a test case brought
by the New York hotel keepers in the Su-
preme Court that they have no right to sell
spirituous liquors to guests on Sundays.
RIGHT REV. VIM B. STEVENS, Bishop of the
Protestant diocese of Pennsylvania, died the
other day at his residence in Pennsylvania
aged seventy-two years.
AT the dedication of the New York Press
Club monument in Cypress Hills Cemetery
Brooklyn, Chauncey NJ. Depew paid a noble
tribute to the worth, integrity and power of
newspaper reporters, and Rev. DR.. Talmage
delivered powerful eulogy.
Ex-SEcRETARY MANNING has returned to
New York from his European trip. His
health is considerably improved.
SMITH BILLINGS and Joseph Thompson COL
lided while playing! baseball at Marblehead,
Mass, and were rendered unconscious for a
long time. Billings frontal bone was crushed
THE Carlisle PENN Indian training school
has just sent seventy-three pupils West,
nearly all of whom have completed the
course of the school. They were mostly of
the Sioux tribes.
THE vote in the New Hampshire Legisla-
ture by which William E. Chandler was
elected United States Senator was as follows:
Chandler (Republican), $50; Bingham Demo
craft, 145; scattering,6.
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The only piece Of ground possessed by
the United States of America elsewhere
than in America itself, is said to be lit
tie plot of land on which tho American
Legation is built in the town of Tangier.
This was given to the American Nation
by the Sultan of Morocco. The legations
in all other countries stand on ground
rented, but not owned, by the American
Government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29
MANY Additional Failures.

The situation at Chicago on the second day
Of the great wheat panic was summed up in
a dispatch from that city as follows: The
situation tonight is even more threat
ening than it was twenty-four hours ago
Tuesdays drop in wheat Of nineteen cents
was followed by further break of 611a cents
to-day, and the rally at the clos, was insigniti-
cant. Seventeen firms are posted to-day
it is impossible to arrive at anything
definite in the matter Of the liabilities of
the stricken houses, it is safe to say that more
than ~, ,000, 900 bushels are involved. and that
the loss on this immense block, including
yesterdays drop, is not less than S., 009, 900.
This makes total of 5000. 900 in two days."
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EARTHQUAKE IN ASIA.

A Town i'm Turkestan Destroyed
125 Lives Lost.
Severe shocks of earthquake have oc-
Cured at Vernome. in Turkestan- The
town was almost entirely destroyed.
were killed and 125 injured. Among the lat
ter is General Friede, the Governor of the
province of Semiretchinsk. Shocks con-
tinued to be felt at intervals. The inhabit-
ants of the town were panic-stricken, and
fled for safety to the open country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29
A DESTRUCTIVE 81 DELUGE.

Great Damage Inflicted in Pennsyl.
vania, West Virginia and Ohio.
The town of Nanticoke, Penn, was visited
by rainstorm the other afternoon which did
a great deal of damage. A cloud over the
central portion of the borough burst and let
down the rain in torrents In short time
the streets were entirely submerged, In
some places the water being three fest
deep. Main street, which Is receptacle
for all the water from the surrounding
hills, was turned into river. The sewers
were unable to carry of the water and burst
This let the water into the cellars OF all the
business houses in the street, damaging thou
sands Of dollars worth Of goods. AS the rain
fall increased the volume of water grew
larger, and after passing in and out OF the
cellars made its way down Broadway toArch
street. Here it swamped q number OF 'houseg
and carried them Off their foundations.
., In swamp in the rear Of the armory arc
about twelve tenement houses occupied by
laborers. The water surrounded the houses
on all sides, and entirely submerged the
first floors The terror-stTicken inmates
were given no chance to make their escape,
and, fearing death by drowning, they climbed
to the roofs, whence they were rescued by
parties in boats. All the railroad tracks lead-s
ing 1FOH Une COdl DTedhtIS w lAo AA<A.As.
track of the Pennsylvania Railroad were SUBJ
merged, and in some places the tracks were
washed away. The merchants on Main street
are heavy losers. The loss of property win
reach siO0, 900. The deluge from the skies
lasted forty minutes.
Almost continuous heavy storms lasting ten
days have also done large amount of dam
age throughout West Virginia. and CON-
tiguous territory in Ohio. Railroad travel
. has been greatly interrupted, bridges
washed away, live stock drowned,
crops ruined, and great amounts Of
valuable lumber carried of. No through
trains ran on the Ohio River Road south OF
Wheeling City for four days, and three or
four passenger trains were blocked at Sistsrs-
vile. At New -Martinsviile, W. Va, the Meth
odist church was wrecked by lightning. 20,
much wet weather in June has not been
known for dozen years.
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9O,OOO,OO0 ACRES.
A Huge Land Grant Made by Mexico
to New York Man.

A Huge Land Grant Made by Mexico
to q New York Man.
The huge land grant made by the
Mexican Government lately to Henry
P. Clifford, of New York, and j. A.
Verges, of San Francisco, proves to be
the largest ever made in that republic. 1t
consists of vast parallelogram along the
Sierra Madre from the middle of Durango to
the United States boundary, tract 35S miles
the thorough survey of the country
included in the grant, and the develop
ment of its known mines within two
years. A surveying force of 300 men will be
put to work in a few days and $500, 900 spent
for that object. Smelters will be erected and
farms and ranches opened. The tract is fifty
per cent. greater in acreage than Ireland and
nearly as great as that of England.
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Washington.
washington.
THE State Department is opposed to pau

THE State Department is opposed to pau
per immigration.
JUNE returns of the Department Of Agri-
culture indicate a reduction Of nearly two
per cent in the winter wheat area, and an in
crease of six per cent in the spring wheat
area. The total area of wheat is about ST.
00O, 900 acres-a fraction Of one per cent.
more than that Of the previous crop. The
average for winter wheat is $40, and for
spring wheat the average is Sz.3 The con-
dition of cotton averages 9G.9, which has
been exceeded only three times since 1870.
n RV1NcENT LAMANTIA, of Louisiana, has
been appointed United States Consul at
Catania, Italy.
THE President has appointed the following
postmasters: Valentine Butsch, Boulder,
Col; John G. Luning. Leesburg, Fla. ;
Walter kirkpatrick, Virden, ILL.,; Thomas
NJ. Ochiltree, Rushville, Ind; James S.
Cooper, Mount Gilead, Ohio; Albert c. Robin.
son. Greem Bay, Wis; James w. Wilson,
Easton, Penn.
CLARENCE H. PITKIN, of Vermont, has been
appointed United States Attorney for tho
District of Vermont
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judgement for S14,o2s, 900.

Judge Childs, Of Buffalo, has granted three
mortgages and sale against the Buffalo, New
York and Philadelphia Railroad. The first
had to do with the consolidated mortgage
bonds for 81, ,0O0, 900. The sale is to take place
on September Is, in Pittsburg. The next con-
cerned the collateral mortgage bonds of S2s,.
600 and the third the first mortgage bonds OF
~ 000 O00
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A baby is great institution in the
booming towns of the growing West,
where every one counts in swelling the
population to metropolitan figures. A
white baby was born in South Sioux City,
Neb., the other day, and it being the
first occurrence of the sort there, the citi-
zens celebrated by serenading the new
conner and presenting it with corner
Lot
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South and West.

YELLOW FEVER is abating in Key West
and is thought to be under control.
FOUR Mexican sheepherders attacked their
employer, James Taylor, of Scurry county.
Texas, with revolvers and knives while he was
unarmed. He wrested a six-shooter from
one of them and killed all four of his
assailants.
FOUR miners fell several hundred feet down
a shaft at the Huron mine in Upper Michigan,
and all were instantly killed.
EDWARD LICKEY was struck with ball
and killed while playing baseball at Lincoln.
A DYNAMITE cartridge exploded prema-
turely in the Inman mines, thirty miles west
of Chattanooga, Tenn. Five miners were
reported instantly killed and ten fatally in
jured
"DAGo JoE," a half-breed, was lynched
near Austin, Miss, for murder, and Peter
Bettery, colored man, met similar fate at
jamestown, Ohio, for brutally assaulting an
aged colored woman.
THE sudden drop in wheat at Chicago
caused three Milwaukee firms to suspend.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29
Returning Confederate Flags.

President Cleveland, on the reccommenda-
tion of the Secretary of War, has ordered the
return to the authorities Of the late Confeder-
ate States of all the Confederate flags in the
custody of the War Department which were
captured during the war by the
Union armies. In a letter to Fitzhugh
Lee, Adjutant- General Drum makes tender
of the flags belonging to the volunteer Or
carnations of the State of Virginia" Gen.
eral Drum adds: "In discharging this pleas.
ant duty beg you will please advise me of
your wishes in this matter"
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In the West, Observation-Disclosures
fares are being agitated, on the strength
of the general demand for cheaper rates,
now that the railroads are making more
money than ever under the Interstate
Commerce act.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29

ADvIcEs from Alaska say white men are
constantly migrating to the country, and its
condition is rapidly improving as to civiliza-
tion and trade. There are many induce
ments to hardy and industrious men to settle,
in the way of fishing, stock raising, garden
ing, fur hunting apd mining. g.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29

Ashrewd merchant says that the money
expended in labor to keep brass sign
properly secured could be more proftably
invested in newspaper advertising. He
does not believe in brass ornaments of any
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29
He Never Knew WHAT Happened.

People at Olean, N; Y, were startled the
lowed by sullen report, and it was thought
an earthquake had arrived. The report was
caused by the explosion Of forty nitro-gly-
cerine cans on a wagon driven by Lew Hart,
an oil-well shooter. The explosion de-
molished the wagon and everything standing
in the vicinity, killed the horses and hurled
Harts mangled remains several hundred
feet distant Several people were felled by
the conclusion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29

REPORTS of officers Of the Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows in session at Madison, Wis,
show that the order is retrograding in MEM
ship, there being a loss Of 400 in the year
1856. including IA deaths. The present MEM
bership is Ii, ,0l3, with seyenty-fye lodges
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29

ADv1cEs from most parts Of the West and
South represent the growing wheat as look
ing unusually fine. East Of the Alleghenies,
however, the wheat is very slow recovering
from hard spring.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29

OFFICIAL statistics show that 49, ,254 per-
IONS left Alsace- Lorraine between the years
1880 and 1885, while during the same period
there was German influx Of 81, ,95S.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-29

Only one former Vice-President sur
vives-Hannibal Hsmlin, the first of the
six Republican Vice-Presidents. He
was elected to that Office in 1860, and is
now nearly seventy eight years old.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-10
THE ATLANTA.
Secretary Whitney Reviews the
Reports Regarding the Cruiser.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The report of
Capt. Bunce, commanding the cruiser
Atlanta, and the Endorsement of the
bureau officers of the navy department
upon the subject, were made public to-
day. The general character of the re-
port, which severely criticised almost
every feature of the vessel, and the
views of bureau officers, have already
been published. The only new phase
of the matter is the Endorsement of Sec
retary Whitney, which dispOSeS of the
subject in the following language:
1.-The department deems that the At
lanta should have some continuous
service before changes are made. The
suggestions of Capt. Bunce are yalua-
bic and made in the line of his duty,
and entirely proper: doubtless with
out any expectation that comments
upon the ship would be treated as any
thing else than professional discussions
for the benefit of the department in
future. Many of the criticisms have
been matters of discussion heretofore
and some of her known defects were
intentionally overlooked by the design
erS for the purpose of securing benefits
in other directions. Aside from the
lack of speed (Which, considering the
efforts made in other countries, was, in
my Judgment fault she represents a
type with merits and defects, and the
balance can be struck after she has had
service. None of the alleged defects
have been reproduced in subsequent
vessels now in course of construction.
The type of the Charleston is, in some
respects, the same, but the low. free
board at the bow was not adhered to,
the free board of the Charleston being
greater by about five feet six incheS.''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-10
The Crown Prince.

LONDON, Dec. 9.-It is stated on what
is said to be reliable authority that the
doctors attending the German crown
prince have not changed their opinions
as regards his case, and that the OptimlSt
views recently taken are baSeleSs.
BERLIN, Dec. 9.-COuncillOr HintZ-
peter, former tutor of Prince William,
has published the following letter re-
ceived by him from the crown prince,
written on the 4th inst: Il am able
to inform you that the treatment which
the physicians prescribed after consult
ing together has entirely removed the
inflammation and caused the dangerous
symptoms to Subfide. Meanwhile my
bodily health has been excellent |
have never lost strength. my appetite is
good and my general appearance is that
of perfect health. purposely cOmmu-
nicate these details to you because it ap-
pears to me beyond doubt that eXag-
gerated accounts have been circulated
of the appearance of a fresh
growth of unfavOrable character.
God will determine the course
which the disease shall take. The
treatment is entrusted to most eminent
experts, who. in spite of all attacks
leveled against them, possess my full
confidence. | am in no way diSheart-
ened, and | hope one day to be able.
though perhaps only after long period
of careful treatment. once more to de-
vote my powers to the service OF the
Fath0rland."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-10
SENATE COMMITTEES.
The Democrats Ready and the Re-
publicans Will BE To-day.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The Republi-
can caucus committee of the senate
finds the task put upon it by the caucus
of arranging the majority representa-
ton upon senate committees an exceed
ingly trying one. 1t has been in ses-
sion since last Tuesday, and has once
or twice neared the completion of list
of assignments when, some inkling of
its work having got abroad, representa-
tiOnS and objections have been made in
such number as to require an entire re-
construction. The Democrat caucus
committee, whose task is similar, has
its work so far advanced that it can
complete it at one hours session so soon
as the Republican list is laid before it.
The committee will then be appointed
by the senate Monday. and the practi-
cal work of the session begins that day.
The senate Republican caucus commit
tee finished its list OF committee assign
menJs at . o'clock this afternoon. A
Republican cOucuS is called for to-mOr-
row morning. Senator Hoar has the
list in charge and will not make it pub
lie to- daV
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-10
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
A Cabinet to Be Formed With
FalIiereS as Premier.

PARIS, Dec. 9.-M. Goblet has In
formed President Carnot that, owing to
the refusal of several statesmen to join
him, he is unable to form a cabinet.
The president has therefore made an
appeal to NJ. Fallieres to undertake the
task, and it is definitely known he will
attempt to form cabinet. The
report is also confirmed that his min
istry will include several members of the
late government. The Radical groups
will meet soon to discuss the attitude to
be taken by the party toward NJ
Fallieres' cabinet The first action of
the new ministry will be the adoption
of repressive measures against the Paris
municipal council. With this object in
view bill will be introduced to modify
the mode by which members of the
conncil are elected and also to grant the
government power to dissolve the coun-
ell. The cabinet is almost completed.
M. FalliereS will be minister of the in
terror and president of the council: NJ.
Rouvier, minister of finance; NJ. Flour
ems, minister of foreign affairs; Gen.
Ferron, mini ster of war: NJ. Barley,
minister of marine; NJ. Spulier, minister
of public instruction: NJ. Bailiant, min
lister of public works; NJ. Faye, min
lister of justice; NJ. Dautresme, minister
of commerce. and NJ. Develle, minister
of agriculture.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-10
1T WAS NOT Villas.
The Dealer in Redwood Lands
Spells His Name ViIes.

Special 10 the Globe.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Dec 9.-The
Washington Dispatch published in sew
eral Western newspapers yesterday and
quoting the New York Times editorial,
charging Col. Villas with direct cOnnec-
ton through a brother with the alleged
California Redwood lands frauds embod-
les a serious error. The Joseph Viles
who was purchaser of Redwood lands
Is not only not brother of Col. Villas,
but bears no relation whatever to him.
The name is spelled differently. This
Joseph NileS is wealthy lumberman
whose home is at Augusta, this county,
and who is now in IIumbolt county. Cal
ifornid. where he is watching his Red
wood purchases. Henry c. Putnam, of
Eau Claire. who is referred to in the
same dispatch. bought California Red
wood lands in 1888 at the same time .JO-
seph NileS bought. Mr.. Putnam said
tonight: The whole statement of the
Times is untrue. | bought an interest
in $1,000 acres of patented California
CedwoOd lands. My lands and all the
lands acquired 10y the SO-calIed syndi-
cate OF ScOtchmen were bought in good
faith. Further. these can be bought at
this date at cost and this offer is made
III goOu IalJH. MY OdllIornla lands and
those of Joseph Niles are in the same
county. but we are not partners. Post
master General Villas is no relation to
either of us. He doesn't even know
that either of us OWNS any Redwood
timber. \ large share of the valuable
timber lands in California, Oregon and
Washington Territory was originally
entered under the special act of 1878,
and in the same manner as those re-
feTTed to by the Times. If our title is
not good then how stands the title to
the millions of acres now the basis of
the immense lumber capital of that
coast. / never presented to Sparks
personal letter from Col. Villas intro
ducing me to Sparks" Mr.. Putnam
acknowledges. however, that Col. Villas
and himself were old friends. that he
had such letter from Col. Villas to
Lamar when he Putnam) went TO Wash
ington last year to protest against the
cancellation of the Redwood entries
without notice and that Lamar granted
the Redwood purchasers the request
which Sparks had denied for a hearing
on the question of cancellation of en-
tries
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-10
A LOADED FENCE.
Electricity Used in Protecting a
Vast Range in Texas.

CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-Gen. Martin BEEN,
as attorney for Chicago firm, yester-
day completed contract to apply a
patent which possesses many elements
of novelty to the barb wire fence of the
Y. l. T. Cattle company located in the
Panhandle, of Texas. The patent is a
process by which a constant current of
electricity is passed either through barb
wire or through plain galvanized wire.
The first contact is enough to prove to
any animal that the fence is loaded. At
present barb wire fence surrounds the
range in question and the current will
be passed through the top wire. Tele-
phonic communication can also be made
from any point to headquars by attach
ing ground wire and a small telephone,
one of which will be carried by each
cowboy. Any break in the fence will
so be noted at headquarters by the con-
stant ringing of bell. The Y. l. t.
range is that received by United States
Senator Farwell, his brother, j. V. Far
well and Abner Taylor for building the
Texas state house. The tract is larger
than than the state of Illinois, and I'M
munity from the dangers of barb wire
fence is worth thousands of dollars
yearly to the company which owns the
10000 cattle inclUSed in this vast area.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-10
A Land Decision.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Acting Secre-
tary Muldrow today rendered a decision
on the petition of II. Il. elise and 9TH
ers, asking that the attorney general be
requested to institute suit to set aside
patents issued to the Union Pacific rail-
way company for about 100000 acres of
land lying contiguous to Denver, Col.
The land in question lies within quad
rant formed by the Kansas Pacific rail-
way extended west from Denver and
the Cheyenne branch of the Union Pa
cific extended south from Denver. The
petition declares that the lands i'll ques-
lion lies ontside the railroad grant. The
acting secretary Sustains the petition,
and directs the commissioner of the
general land Office to make formal de-
mand on the railroad company for a re-
CONVEYANCE of the land.